PRINTER'S NO. 237
No. 216 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY LLOYD, VROON, RIEGER, MARKOSEK, JOSEPHS, STUBAN,
MILLER, LINTON, BOOK, LANGTRY, BOYES AND SAURMAN, FEBRUARY 9,
1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 9, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112),
2 entitled "An act relating to the right to practice medicine
3 and surgery and the right to practice medically related acts;
4 reestablishing the State Board of Medical Education and
5 Licensure as the State Board of Medicine and providing for
6 its composition, powers and duties; providing for the
7 issuance of licenses and certificates and the suspension and
8 revocation of licenses and certificates; providing penalties;
9 and making repeals," further providing for the performance of
10 radiologic procedures by auxiliary personnel; and making a
11 technical change.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Sections 41(3) and 45 of the act of December 20,
15 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of
16 1985, are amended to read:
17 Section 41. Reasons for refusal, revocation, suspension or
18 other corrective actions against a licensee or
19 certificate holder.
20 The board shall have authority to impose disciplinary or
21 corrective measures on a board-regulated practitioner for any or
1 all of the following reasons:
2 * * *
3 (3) Being convicted of a felony or being convicted of a
4 misdemeanor relating to a health profession or receiving
5 probation without verdict, disposition in lieu of trial or an
6 Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition in the disposition of
7 felony charges, in the courts of this Commonwealth, a Federal
8 court or a court of any other state, territory or country.
9 * * *
10 Section 45. Radiologic procedures; education and training
11 required.
12 (a) Supervision.--On and after January 1, [1987] 1988, no
13 auxiliary personnel shall perform radiologic procedures on the
14 premises of a medical doctor unless such person is under the
15 direct supervision of a medical doctor [who is on the premises
16 at the time the X-ray is taken] and unless such person has
17 passed an examination approved by the board and administered in
18 accordance with section 812.1 of the act of April 9, 1929
19 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
20 provided that no such auxiliary personnel shall perform
21 radiologic procedures for therapeutic purposes unless the
22 medical doctor under whose direct supervision such auxiliary
23 personnel is acting is on the premises at the time the
24 radiologic procedures are performed.
25 (b) Exclusion.--The board shall[, by regulation, provide for
26 the exclusion of] have the authority, after notice and hearing,
27 to prohibit an auxiliary personnel from performing radiologic
28 procedures if the continued performance of radiologic procedures
29 by the auxiliary personnel is determined by the board to pose a
30 threat to the health, safety or welfare of the public.
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1 (c) Penalty.--It shall be unlawful under this act to
2 knowingly permit radiologic procedures to be performed in
3 violation of this section or in violation of the regulations
4 promulgated or orders issued in accordance with this section.
5 (d) Education and testing.--No auxiliary personnel who has
6 or obtains a license, certificate or registration issued by, or
7 on behalf of, a board within the Bureau of Professional and
8 Occupational Affairs or a comparable board of another state, or
9 who has obtained certification as the result of satisfactory
10 completion of a test and an educational course accredited by an
11 accrediting body recognized by the board, shall be required to
12 undergo any additional education or testing pursuant to this
13 section if radiologic procedures were included in the education
14 or the examination which he or she was required to complete
15 successfully in order to be eligible for such license,
16 certificate [or], registration or certification.
17 (e) Definition.--As used in this section the term
18 "radiologic procedures" means the use of ionizing radiation for
19 diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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